picking up a Matsuura MC760

[llilrex]

I am planning to pick up a MC760 from a trailor with a crain. are there any lifting points on the machine that I can use? or is there any part of the machine that I can pick it up from? it is said to weigh about 11,000 lbs and I just want to be prepaired and not get caught with the shipping guy waiting on me to come up with some half craized idea at the last moment. thanks guys

[llilrex]

well I unloaded the CNC machine, the paperwork online says that it weighs 11000lbs, I dont think this is correct. a large forklift that had an unuasualy hard time picking it up, now I know that it is not quantitive but he sais that it must weigh more then 12000 lbs. anyway I built a crain over the weekend to unload it. it worked. I designed its working load limit for about 15000 lbs, it was still iffy. but its down now. and now I have a new old machine!

by the way in case anyone wants to know, there is a set of holes in the top of the vertical part of the base casting that are about 3 inches in diameter. I was able to pick it up by sliding a heavy pipe through the hole and slinging to the pipe. it still took a while to get it off but it worked.